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John Waterbury

How the West Stole Democracy From the Arabs: The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of Its Liberal-Islamic Alliance

The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity

Trump and Iran: From Containment to Confrontation

Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

The Arab Winter: A Tragedy

Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison

Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy

Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics From Liberalization to the Arab Spring

City of Black Gold: Oil, Ethnicity, and the Making of Modern Kirkuk

Sunnis and Shi’a: A Political History

Two Books on Religion and Politics in the Middle East

A Tale of Four Worlds: The Arab Region After the Uprisings

Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny

Temperature Rising: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Wars in the Middle East

Spear to the West: Thought and Recruitment in Violent Jihadism

Iran Resurgent: The Rise and Rise of the Shia State

Hezbollah: Mobilization and Power

Two Books on the Syrian Civil War

In a Time of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt

After the Caliphate: The Islamic State and the Future of the Terrorist Diaspora

Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neoliberalism, and the Disintegration of a State

Two Books on Genocide

Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, From Balfour to Trump

Revisiting the Arab Uprisings: The Politics of a Revolutionary Moment

Cold War in the Islamic World: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Struggle for Supremacy

Inside Tunisia’s al-Nahda: Between Politics and Preaching

Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah’s War Against America

The Islamic State in Khorasan: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the New Central Asian Jihad

Coping With Uncertainty: Youth in the Middle East and North Africa

Building the Nation: Missed Opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan

What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East?

Environmental Politics in the Middle East: Local Struggles, Global Connections

Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic

Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria

Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide

The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya

Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly

The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt: Issues and Policymaking Since 1952

Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East

Salman’s Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia

State of Repression: Iraq Under Saddam Hussein

Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam

Inside the Arab State

The House of Islam: A Global History

Democratic Transition in the Muslim World: A Global Perspective

How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within

Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom's Pursuit of Profit and Power

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West: A History of Enmity and Engagement

Iraq and the Politics of Oil: An Insider's Perspective

Fifty Million Rising: The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

The Hazaras and the Afghan State: Rebellion, Exclusion, and the Struggle for Recognition

Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States Since FDR

Egypt

Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman

Hezbollah: The Political Economy of Lebanon’s Party of God

The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State

Revolution Without Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring

A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran

Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World

Realism and Democracy: American Foreign Policy After the Arab Spring

Jihad & Co.: Black Markets and Islamist Power

Political Islam in Tunisia: The History of Ennahda

The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey

Citizen Hariri: Lebanon's Neo-Liberal Reconstruction

Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy

Democratic Transitions in the Arab World

Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart

Arab Fall: How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days

False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East

The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times

Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea

Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein

A People Without a State: The Kurds From the Rise of Islam to the Dawn of Nationalism; The Kurds: A Modern History

The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State; The Master Plan: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory

Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Arab Uprisings Brought Down Islamic Liberalism

A Revolution Undone: Egypt’s Road Beyond Revolt

The Egyptians: A Radical History of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution

America’s Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State

The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East

Vanguard of the Imam: Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

The Rope

The Land Is Full: Addressing Overpopulation in Israel

A Path to Peace: A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East

America’s Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East

Muted Modernists: The Struggle Over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia

Syria

The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi’a-Sunni Divide

ISIS: A History

The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Evolution of an Insurgency

Building Rule of Law in the Arab World: Tunisia, Egypt, and Beyond

America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History

The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State

The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East

The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil

The Pragmatic Superpower: Winning the Cold War in the Middle East

Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran

A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, From Tahrir Square to ISIS

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